Pelican in her piety

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a representation of a pelican in the act of wounding her breast in order to nourish her young with her blood; - a practice fabulously attributed to the bird, on account of which it was adopted as a symbol of the Redeemer, and of charity.

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No references found			Also included in the book's list are: The Railway, Devon Road, Bridgend; The Vale of Glamorgan Inn, High Street, Cowbridge; The Albany Hotel, Donald Street, Roath and The Pelican in Her Piety, Ogmore Village. Cheers to a Yard of very good ales by South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales) I was very interested to read the explanation of how Ogmore-by-Sea's Pelican in her Piety Inn got its name from the coat of arms of the Carne family (Echo, December 29). My mission tofind brooch by South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales) Named after a local medieval landowning family - the same one that gives Ogmore's the Pelican In Her Piety its bizarre name - the 400-year-old Carne Arms is located on the main road between Llantwit Major and the A48, a stone's throw from Cowbridge. All hail the Vale by South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales)			Pelecanus Pelecanus erythrorhynchos Pelecanus onocrotalus Pelecoid pelecypod Pelecypoda pelecypodous Pelée Pelegrine pelerine Peleus Pelew Pelew Islands pelf Pelfish Pelfray pelham Pelham Grenville Wodehouse Pelham Holles Pelias pelican pelican crossing Pelican fish Pelican flower Pelican ibis Pelican in her piety Pelican State Pelican's foot Pelick Pelicoid Pelicosauria Peliom Pelioma Pelion peliosis pelisse pelite Pell pell-mell Pella Pellack Pellaea Pellaea andromedifolia Pellaea atropurpurea Pellaea mucronata Pellaea ornithopus Pellaea rotundifolia Pellage pellagra pellagrin Pellagrous			Pelias rudolphi Pelias schoettleri Pelias schöttleri Pelias schreiberi Pelias subalpina Pelias sudetica Pelias sudetica forma steinii Pelias sudetica steinii Pelias sudetica steinii emarcata Pelias sudetica steinii forma emarcata Pelias tyrolensis pelican pelican pelican pelican Pelican Bay Information Project Pelican Bay Prison Project Pelican Bay State Prison pelican crossing pelican crossing pelican crossings pelican crossings Pelican fish Pelican Flower Pelican Flower Pelican Flower Pelican Harbor Seabird Station Pelican Hi-Lo Readers pelican hook Pelican ibis Pelican in her piety Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge Pelican Island Wilderness Pelican Lake Baptist Camp Pelican Lake Recreation Area Pelican Landing Community Association, Inc. Pelican Parts Pelican Point State Recreation Area Pelican Point Yacht Club Pelican Rapids Public Library Pelican Sailing Association Pelican State Pelican State Beach Pelican Yacht Club Pelican's foot Pelicans Pelicans Pelicans Pelick Pelicoid Pelicon crossing Pelicon crossing Pelicosauria Pelides Pelides pelidnoma pelikai Pelikan, Jaroslav Pelike

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